Open AccessDirect laser trapping of single globular DNA molecules
Author(s) -
Ken Hirano,
K. Mori,
Yasutaka Maeda,
Yukiko Matsuzawa,
Shinji Katsura,
Akira Mizuno
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
nucleic acids symposium series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1746-8272
pISSN - 0261-3166
DOI - 10.1093/nass/42.1.99
Subject(s) - globular cluster , trapping , molecule , dna , laser , globular protein , materials science , chemistry , physics , crystallography , optics , biology , astrophysics , ecology , biochemistry , organic chemistry , galaxy
We show herein that a single T4 phage DNA molecule which was transformed from coiled to globular state, was trapped directly by Nd:YAG laser (1064 nm). We also estimated trapping force of globular DNA molecules.
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